OTEC has significant advantages over the other energy systems such as:

• OTEC is baseload energy available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Wind energy is available only when the wind is blowing and solar energy only generates energy when the sun is shining.
• OTEC is clean, sustainable, and 100% renewable energy.
• The tropical ocean heat reservoir is the largest energy resource on the surface of the earth, and is more than enough to supply all of humanity’s energy needs in perpetuity.
• Large scale use of OTEC systems will tend to mitigate the damage of global warming.
• Removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
• Enriches surface water for aquaculture.
• Gateway to the hydrogen economy.